Routing flexible metal tubing within the structure of the panel, and circulating fluid through it and into a radiator of sorts…
Like an engine, or refrigerator.
I’ve not been able to find any relevant data to suggest that it has been tried, or any reason why it can’t be accomplished.
Solar panels are inefficient because they can only handle so much heat caused by the sun, and so it takes very large arrays of panels to make seemingly insignificant wattage.
I would like to see more compact panels by the use of cooling systems, and magnification of the suns rays, with filtering.
Does anyone have relevant knowledge on this matter?
when I say magnification, I mean to say that I would concentrate the expensive silicon solution and use magnification to capture a wide area of light, but focus it onto a smaller section of panel.
The result would be thicker panels, but smaller sections producing the same wattage as larger PV panels.
I would expect this to decrease cost of production because of the extremely high cost of photovoltaic solution efficiency rates vs panel sizes (8-16% industry standard).
I would like to see at least 30% energy production.
Also, the only reason I can think of for intercirculatory cooling to be a problem is the possible electrical interference: moving solution could present.
Originally posted 2009-03-28 02:45:16.
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When I bought my solar system six years ago, there was talk of that very thing being experimented with. I don’t know how it came out. You would heed to have use for the considerable amount of heat generated in the tubing, or provide a heat exchanger to cool it.
Magnification probably won’t increase your efficiency, nor will filtering. It is the type of solar cells and the area exposed to the sun that does the trick.
BTW, I had my panels installed with a big air space under them to take advantage of convective cooling